Yunis Slays The Matador
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Carlos Mortensen and Nicolas Yunis just played a big pot that saw the Matador lose all his chips to Yunis. We didn't catch the preflop action, but when the flop came out 
the fireworks went off. The two got in a raising war that saw all of Mortensen's 50,000 chips get in the middle. When the cards were flipped, it was easy to see why.
Yunis: 
Mortensen: 
Mortensen had flopped middle set, but it was second best to Yunis, who flopped the nuts. Mortensen would need the board to pair to survive the hand, and he whiffed on the turn, the 
. The river brought the 
, and just like that, Mortensen headed to the exit, while Yunis chipped up to around 195,000.